Timbaland to produce music for Lee Daniels

Timbaland is set to join filmmaker Lee Daniels' movie 'Empire' as a producer and songwriter.

The hip-hop producer will also write music for Daniels’ upcoming movie, Empire.

Timbaland has joined Fox’s drama pilot, Empire, as a songwriter and song producer.

Empire – written by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, and directed by Daniels – is a family drama set in the world of a hip-hop empire, featuring original and current music. The show stars Academy Award nominees Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson, and is executive-produced by Daniels, Strong, Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo.

In 2013, he produced and co-wrote multiple tracks on four of the year’s biggest selling multi-platinum-albums: Magna Carta Holy Grail, The 20/20 Experience Part I And II, and Beyonce. Timbaland was acclaimed as Billboard Magazine’s “Songwriter of the Decade” in 2011. — Reuters